Corkscrew



(No Model.) I 1 J. T. ELDRIDGE.

GORKSCREW.

Patented June 1,1897.

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JOHN TURNER ELDRIDGE, OF MURFREESBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA.

C O R K S C R EW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters lPatent No. 583,850, dated June 1, 189'?.

' Application filed October 12,1896- S'arial No. 608,616. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN TURNER EL- DRIDGE, a citizen of theUnited States. residing at Murfreesborou gh, in the county of Hertford and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Corkscrew, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in corkscrews.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of corkscrews and to provide a simple, inexpensive, andeftlcient device capable of enabling a cork to be rapidly extracted without the operator experiencing responding parts in both the figures of theY drawings.

l designates a cork-engaging screw of the Ordin ary conii guration provided with a shank, which is pivoted between perforated ears 2 of a nut The nut receives an extractingscrew 4, provided at its upper end with a handle 5, and adapted when inserting the screw 1 in a cork to be arranged at right angles to the former, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, to serve as a handle,and adapted after the screw l has been inserted in the cork to be turned to a position parallel with the screw 1, as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings and in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to engage the upper edge of the neck of the bottle, whereby when the extracting-screw 4 is rotated the nut 3 will be forced upward or outward, carrying with it the screw l and extracting the cork. The extractingscrew 4, which may be constructed in any suitable manner, is preferably provided with the spiral groove or twist shown in the drawings, and the thread has a suliciently long pitch to enable a cork to be rapidly extracted with few turns of the extracting-screw.

The engaging end of the extracting-screw is supported by a slide 6, which is provided with a pair of parallel openings for the reception of the screw 4 and a guide 7. The slideis swiveled to the screw4 and is provided with a downwardly-projecting spur 8, located adjacent to the engaging end of the screw 4, and adapted to engage the inner face of the neck of a bottle to prevent the screw 4 from sliding off the upper edge thereof.

The guide-rod 7, which passes through the slide 6, is secured at its upper end to the nut 3 in a perforation 9 of an extension thereof. The lower portion 10 of the guide-rod is designed to extend along the neck of a bottle, as illustrated in Fig. l of thej accompanying drawings, in convenient position for the operator to grasp it and the neck, so as to hold the bottle and the corkscrew firmly with one hand, leaving th'e other hand free to rotate the extracting-screw. By rotating the extracting-screw the end is moved upward and outward and the cork is rapidly extracted.

It will be seenthat the corkscrew is ex- Ceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that the parts are readily arranged for inserting the cork-engaging screw into a cork, and that the device is quickly changed to engage the upper edge of the neck of a bottle to force the cork outward.

Vhat I claim isl. A device of the class described comprising a nut, a cork-engaging screw pivoted to the nut, and an extracting-screw receiving the nut and adapted, when arranged parallel with the cork-engaging screw, to engage the neck of a bottle, and capable of being turned at right angles to the cork-engaging screw to serve as a handle for the same, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described compris- .ing a nut, a cork-engaging screw pivoted to the nut, an extracting-screw arranged within the nut, adapted to be turned at right angles to and parallel with the cork-engaging screw and capable of engaging the neck of a bottle, a guide-rod rigidly secured to the nut and arranged parallel with the extracting-screw and having its lower portion slightly bent to con- IOS form to the configuration of the neck of a bottle, and a slide mounted on the guide-rod and swiveled to the extracting-screw, substantiztlly as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a nut provided at one side With ears, an extractingscrew passing through the nut', a cork-engaging screw pivoted to said ears, a guide-rod secured to the nut, and a slide mounted on the guide-rod, swiveled to the extracting-screw and provided with a projecting spur adapted to engage the inner face of the neck of a bottle, substantiziiiyas l,nd for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 15 my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN TURNER ELDRDGE.

\Vitnesses:

D. A. DAY, J. E. EVANS. 

